Metallic furring.



A. PONTAINE.

METALLIC FURRING.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.12 190a.

Patented Jun 1,' 1909.

INVENTOR.

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A TTOR NE YS ANTIME FONTA'INE, OF NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

METALLIC FURRIELiG.

7 Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 1, 1909.

Application filed August 12, 1908. Serial No. 448,149.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AnTIME FONTAINE, a citizen of the United States of America, re-

siding at Northampton, in the county of Hampshire and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Metallic Furringof which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in metallic studs or furring stri s ada ted for use in connection with meta lic lat iing for fireproof building construction, in which I employ a strip of malleable metal having one of its longitudinal edges notched 01' indented to form prongs or hooks that are designed to engage metallic lat (ring and to be bent over portions of such lathing to hold the same to 1 such strip, together with certain peculiar fasteners with which to secure said strip in position either against a wall or other part of a building or in juxtaposition to another strip to assist in forming an independent partition, a concrete filling being introduced between parallel lines of lathing supi iortcd by strips placed and secured in accordance with the second methodg all as hereinafter setforth.

The objects of my invention are, first, to provide cheap and simple furring for metalie lathing, w llCll. 'iosscsses sufficient strengthant-.11

ity, and to furnish adjustable means for readily attaching such 'l'urring to the building or otherwise securing it, and, second, to ovidc fur-ring which can. be conrenienti, utilized in the construction. of concrete partitions. I attain these objects by the means illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whiclr- Figure 1 is a side View of a furring' strip which embodies a preferred form of my invention, such strip being attached by my improved fasteners to wall or partition stud; Fig. 2, a front elevation showing u scction of metallic lathing secured in place 'xy a strip of such blurring; Fig. 3, a plan new of two fur-ring strips connected by two of said construction; Fig. 4, a similar view showing a different arrangement of the strips and fasteners, and, Fig. 5, a plan View of lour strips and the same number of fasteners throughout the several views.

In the drawings 1 represents a furring stripy 2 a fastener for such strip, and 3 a section of metallic lathing, the latter in the present case being made of expanded metal, U0

quency of the wall or partition studs in a wooden building and to the requirements of the lathing, enough of such strips being provided in any event to pro erly support said lathing. Portions of a we 1 orartition stud appear at 4, in Figs. 1 and 2. lines 55, in each of the last three views, indicate the positions of two lines of lethin the space between which is to be filled wit concrete to form a partition, as will be more fully explained hereinafter.

The strip 1 is notched or indented at 6, in one of its longitudinal edges, and rovided with spurs, prongs, or hooks 7 which originally' project outward from such notched ot-and-dash edge, but are adapted to be forced inward so over members of the lathing 3 which have been received into the indentations, thereby firmly and securely holding said lathing in place. Dotted lines 8 and 9, in Fig. 1, re

spectively represent an engaging member of the lathing 3 in one of the indentations 6, and the corresponding hook '7 bent inward over such member to clench the same; this illustrates the manner in which the lathing is secured to the furring, as explained above and these fasteners consists of an angle-iron hav ,95

ing a perforation in one arm to receive the nail, screw, or bolt by means of which the fastener is-itsclf held in place, and provided at the free end of the other arm with an overand the arm of which it forms apart the strip 1. The lip '10 is on the same side of its arm fasteners for use in independent partition with the other arm, that is, the perforated arm and said lip both spring from the same side of the imperforate arm; and the length fastenerQ'is capable of fitting the-strip 1 very snugly, and of being located thereon at any desired point. This last-1s a very valuturned lip 10 adapted to receive between it 10o more or less hy the operation, if necessary. a (.hvnerally tor the sake of greater seciu'ity, the

laste'ru rs 2 are arrai d on the strip l so that the pcrlora ted arms of two adjacent fasteners extend in opposite directions, a hrace on each side oi: said strip heing aliorded in tlus rnannor; this applies, however, only toeonstrnctions in. which the fin-ring is used in conned i tion with or placed against a wall, part1 tlon,

or s'L-udding ol which the .iurriirc itself does not constitute an element.

in forming these fur-ring strips into independent partition units said strips are arranged in pairs with their indented edges outward, and the perforated arms of the ins toners which connect such strips are hut ted together and secured h y holts 11 and nuts Although the two strips in each of the aforesaid pairs stand with their inner or back edges adjaccnttoeach other, they need not necessarily he in the same vertical plane, hut may he cit-set as in Fig. 4. The Fig. 5 constructirm. is a douhle presentation of the Fig. 3 construction, that is, there are two pairs of tuning strips arranged parallel with each other and held in place hytwo pairs of fasteners, the two latter in each pair or set lacing fastened togetl'ier as hefore. These units serve the douhle purpose of assisting in the formation of the partition and as supports f r tholathin it is clearly apparent that the said uni is may he constructed in various ways. and l do not wish to he restricted in.

lhis partieuhir.

in practice, when the strips 1 are to be placed against a Wall, partition, or studding, the fasteners 2 of each strip are nailed or screwed to such. wall, partition, or studding, nails 12) being used to secure them to the stud 4 in the acconipanying'illustratirins; and when said strips are to he employed in the i formation ol an independent partition, they to permit it to extend over the front edges of the lasteners and at the same time. to he (:Lllglll hy the hooks which are exposed between said l'astenors. in order to facilitate hanging the lat hing on the hooks 7 and then bending the latter over the engaged portions of said lathing', said hooks should, in the first place, project well outward beyond the edge of the strip i from which they spring, and this they do, as host shown in Fig. Another object in having the hooks project in.

this Way is to make provision Wherchy the lathin can he attached to the iurrin With as I h 1 h 1 little unevenness as possible. in the independent partitions the units 11] each are spaced apart, like any other form of studding, and the spaces inclosed by said units What 1 claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. A partition unit comprising aplurality of furring strips provided With means to attach metallic lathing to their outer longitudinal edges, and angular and lippr0vided fasteners secured in pairs on the strips such strips heing, arranged in an upright position with their inner longitudinal edges adjacent to each other, two of the arms of each pair of such. fastei'iers being ahutted against each other and secured together.

2. The combustion, in a partition unit, of a plurality of lurring strips, for metallic lathing, having their outer longitudinal edges notched or indented, to receive portions of 10.0

such lathing, and provided with hooks, the latter being adapted to engage those parts of .the lathing'that may he inserted in the notchcsor indentations and to he hent inward over the same to secure the lathing to said strips, andangular lip-provided fasteners socured in pairs on tl 9, strips such strips being arranged in an upright position with their in nor longitudinal edges adjm'jont to each other,

two of the arms of each oair oi" such fasteners 1 1.0

- I being ahuttcd against each other and secured together.

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